BUSILY Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

busily

adverb

Definition of busily

as in actively

in a manner involving great or constant activity the deadline is in two days, so everyone in the department has been working busily

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Recent Examples of busily That concision is evident in an almost brutally economical edit and in sharp, precise writing which provides narrative elements and deftly sketches character before moving busily on. — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 No wonder More had so many imitators, who set about busily redrawing their own maps of the world. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 As Scott Frost took to the practice field Monday to open UCF’s preseason football camp, construction workers a few hundred yards away busily put the finishing touches on the Roth Tower expansion at the Acrisure Bounce House Stadium. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 The British are busily removing Winston Churchill from their banknotes, replacing him with an engraving of a hedgehog. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Unbeknownst to nearly everyone, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was busily making a friendship bracelet three years ago on Tuesday. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026 An acre of gleaming stainless steel and people in white lab coats busily believing this. — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 Flush with cash from the AI boom, Nvidia has been busily pushing its vision for physical AI through multiple robotics initiatives. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026 Ortsan has been busily showing the new Mini House Caravan at various camper fairs around Turkey. — New Atlas, 14 June 2026

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Virtue Asia will present Why Brands Need Entertainment, Not More Content, exploring how brands can move from advertising around culture to actively creating the stories and characters audiences choose to follow.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Bullish calls are trading notably more expensive than puts, and the ratio of open call contracts to puts suggests traders are more actively preparing for a rally than a sell-off.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of actively

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This person started out diligently highlighting and taking notes.

— Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
From 1908 until his death in 1947, he was largely confined to the property’s main home under specialized psychiatric care, while Katherine lived elsewhere, diligently funding research to find a cure.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026

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